A person who carries out or performs something, especially a piece of music or a legal sentence.
From French exécutant, derived from Latin executus (past participle of exsequi, meaning 'to carry out'). The suffix -ant indicates an agent noun for one who performs an action.
This word is rarely used today, but in music history it was the standard term for a performer—before 'musician' or 'artist' became common. It shows how language shifts as professions become more specialized and we need new vocabulary.
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